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Large Mini is a great combo. Mini does most of the work for us during the week, the large is great for bigger weekend cooks. Hmmm...which one should I fire up tonight? Only cooking for one since Mrs G is back on the road again. Having choices is great.

Just thought of another reason to own a Mini. For those of you living where it gets cold you can put your Mini in the fireplace and use it all winter.....

Nice!! It doesn't get too cold in SC but interesting comment Mick. I see it now....SWMBO comes home, there is a huge piece of meat hanging in the kitchen, me sitting at kitchen table with a headlamp and meat glue glueing bacon to jalapenos, the fridge full of curing pork bellies, my pantry containers emptied and refilled with curing salts, and the mini going strong in the fireplace.... Man oh man an eggers wife must be patient!!!!

That photo is a picture of Mickey's 8 year old large Egg. His wife asked him why he always wraps his cooks up in a Luby's Cafeteria bag before bringing them in the house from the Egg. He said it keeps it fresher that way.

That's amazing. I've got a small on hold at my dealer but this was a very interesting thread on the mini! I just feel like it'd be too small. Never seen one in person tho

I was thinking about the small too. The reality is the small is not much bigger than the mini in terms of grate space. It is however a good bit heavier. My decision was to go with the mini for ease of packing up. Use the $100 difference in price to get a mini woo and ceramic stones. I mainly cook for SWMBO and myself only so mini would be great and a nice compliment to my large.

If I had the mini last night it would have saved me two burnt fingers. Had the large full roasting peppers and tomatoes over the platesetter. When they were done, pulled them and was pulling PS out too to sear chicken and damn welders gloves failed on me. Got a nice blister on my middle finger. Could have seared the chicken on mini while roasting veggies on large.

If I had the mini last night it would have saved me two burnt fingers. Had the large full roasting peppers and tomatoes over the platesetter. When they were done, pulled them and was pulling PS out too to sear chicken and damn welders gloves failed on me. Got a nice blister on my middle finger. Could have seared the chicken on mini while roasting veggies on large.

I use my small or mini depending on who is home, just like you said & veggies in the large.